Shopping malls are under threat from online shopping and disappearing customers, and many are facing the wrecking ball. But the Ross Park Mall is bucking that trend.
Across the Pittsburgh region, you see the empty promenades, the closed and gated stores, the leaky roofs and cracking facades. Century III has gone under, the Pittsburgh Mills is teetering and the Mall at Robinson is shedding tenants and shoppers alike. By some accounts, the whole idea of the shopping mall is dead, but others say reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated.
“We’re evidence that malls are doing well. They’re surviving. They’re thriving. People are coming here in droves,” said Shema Krinsky with the Ross Park Mall…